Posted 06 August 2011 - 08:22 PM

cprcrack

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Exact same problem here. Now that Xcode 4.1.1 has been released, I have also cleaned everything related to Xcode 4.1 and installed Xcode 4.1.1 but the same happens. Now I am trying the new admin account trick, will tell you if it works soon.

Other things I have tried with no luck include: deleting the two "Caches" files (/Library/Caches and /Users/YOUR_USER/Library/Caches), completely uninstalling iTunes, creating a new VMWare disk to give it 25 GB extra space, and the restoring from the original hard disk.

This is a real pain. I have spent about 5 days trying to user Xcode; first trying to make a Hackintosh with no luck in my Sony Vaio FW3, then the VMWare thing... and every test takes so much time...

I think we should know more about the error in order to try and solve it, the key sentence is:

Posted 06 August 2011 - 09:31 PM

cprcrack

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Ok, the new admin account trick did not work. At least I saw something new, the Xcode icon appeared on the dock and the welcome window appeared, but it was unresponsive, and had to force quit the process. The second time I tried to run it, same error, as usual, and no welcome screen. A total {censored}.

Posted 07 August 2011 - 01:56 PM

The VMware image found in this Tutorial:[moderator edit: link removed due to rules violation]is actually the image of OSX Lion GM, not Lion Retail.

The xCode downloaded from that same tutorial is titled as GM, but does not work with that specific build of OSX. Maybe it did before it was updated to that build.

So I went ahead and found a retail .vdmk floating around the Internet.

I used that to make my own VMware image, fresh install.

To do so you simply Create a new Virtual Machine, Choose 2GB Ram, XXGB Hard Drive size, etc & Create the VM. In the main screen, click Edit the configuration and add another hard-drive with the downloaded .vdmk attached.

Follow the on screen instructions to install. Make sure you use the disk utilities to format your virtual hard-drive first!

Installation took around 1 hour to install (it hangs on 5/4 minutes remaining for around 20 minutes), and another 30 mins to configure (make sure you download the VGA/Audio Drivers found here to get better resolution and audio working)

xCode took around 2 hours to download, and around 30 minutes to install. It's got a nice new installer too which kills the iTunesHelper before starting (But you should make sure you check that iTunesHelper is killed before starting the installation using Activity monitor)